Seeing Is Believing
Consumer Cyclical - Sector
YUM is currently covered by 18 analysts with an average price target of $169.25. This is a potential upside of $16.28 (10.64%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $152.97.
Yum! Brands's activity chart (see below) currently has 499 price targets and 348 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of YUM is 69.05% HOLD and 30.95% BUY.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 94.07% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 452.25 days.
Highest price target for YUM is $180, Lowest price target is $139, average price target is $163.13.
Most recent stock forecast was given by JON TOWER from CITI on 22-Jan-2026. First documented stock forecast 24-Apr-2009.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of YUM, 29 are a HOLD (69.05%), 13 are a BUY (30.95%).
Analyst name
Rating
Rating initiation date
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Performance score
Hold
Since 10-Jan-2025
$170
$17.03 (11.13%)
$158
2 days ago
(22-Jan-2026)
16/25 (64%)
$15.59 (10.10%)
572
Hold
Since 01-May-2025
$176
$23.03 (15.06%)
$151
4 days ago
(20-Jan-2026)
25/26 (96.15%)
$22.8 (14.88%)
486
Hold
Since 18-Oct-2018
$90
16 days ago
(08-Jan-2026)
1/1 (100%)
$11.01 (13.94%)
179
Buy
Since 05-Jan-2024
$160
17 days ago
(07-Jan-2026)
19/19 (100%)
$33.31 (26.29%)
452
Hold
Since 16-Oct-2024
$173
$20.03 (13.09%)
$158
2 months 7 days ago
(17-Nov-2025)
31/34 (91.18%)
$23.98 (16.09%)
457
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